EP3702050A1 - Sortierung von objekten durch sortierer, die mit querverbindungen parallel geschaltet sind - Google Patents

Sortierung von objekten durch sortierer, die mit querverbindungen parallel geschaltet sind Download PDF

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EP3702050A1
EP3702050A1 EP20158019.8A EP20158019A EP3702050A1 EP 3702050 A1 EP3702050 A1 EP 3702050A1 EP 20158019 A EP20158019 A EP 20158019A EP 3702050 A1 EP3702050 A1 EP 3702050A1
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Jérôme SOUQUIERES
François Madar
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/361—Processing or control devices therefor, e.g. escort memory
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/38—Collecting or arranging articles in groups
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C2301/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C2301/0041—Sequencing items to a carrier walk sequence or delivery order

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  • the invention relates to the field of methods for sorting objects to be prepared on distribution rounds using at least two sorters.
  • postal organizations In order to receive postal items from various sources of supply and distribute them to a large number of recipients, postal organizations first collect the items received and then route them to sorting centers according to their geographic areas. destination, where they are arranged in distribution sequences.
  • the objects to be distributed undergo a phase during which the objects are separated into groups, then a so-called “sequencing” phase in which each group is treated individually on a dedicated sorter to arrange the objects into groups. sequence, typically so as to prepare distribution tours such as letter carrier tours.
  • a sorter performs several successive sorting passes on a given group of objects, each group being sorted a first time, recovered from the sorter exits, then brought back to the input of this same sorter and re-sorted by the latter, repeated operation. as many times as necessary to complete the “sequencing” operation.
  • the number of distribution points that can be supported by a sorter that is, the number of distribution points for which a single sorter can arrange objects in a sequence, is limited by the two factors which are the number of sorter outputs and the number of sorting passes operated by this sorter on a given batch of objects.
  • D max S P where S is the number of outlets of the sorter and P the number of sorting passes.
  • the first solution increases the number of outlets, but also the footprint of the sorting facilities and their cost.
  • the second solution considerably increases the duration of the consignment sequencing operations, thus reducing operational throughput and increasing costs.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method for sorting objects to be prepared on tours, making it possible to substantially increase the number of distribution points supported without this being done at the cost of an increase in the number of outputs or the length of preparation for the tours.
  • the sorting method according to the invention is thus based on the crossing of the flow of objects between two sorters at the end of a first pass, crossing followed by successive sorting passes according to a conventional method during which a set of objects is processed in several passes by the same sorter.
  • a first advantage of such a crossing is to increase the number of distribution points processed by two sorters, with as reference a single sorter comprising a number of outputs equal to the sum of the numbers of outputs of the two sorters, and this without increasing substantial footprint.
  • a second advantage is, that in addition to an increase in the number of distribution points supported, the processing time required is reduced compared to that of the single sorter, as detailed below.
  • the figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of the method according to the invention, in the particular case where a first sorter T1 and a second sorter T2 are used in parallel over three sorting passes P1, P2 and P3 to prepare a batch L d 'objects in distribution rounds, the first sorter and the second sorter being identical and each comprising a set U1 of sorting outlets S1 and a set U2 of sorting outlets S2.
  • each of the two sorters T1 and T2 comprises an input E and a number of outputs equal to 100, the sorting outputs being denoted S00 to S99 and shared between the first outputs S1 sorting, denoted S00 to S49 here, and second sorting outputs S2, denoted S50 to S99 here.
  • the sorters are controlled by a C / C control unit comprising a computer memory Mem storing sorting plans which each establish correspondences between on the one hand the destination addresses (distribution points) of the objects to be prepared in distribution and these distribution routes and on the other hand between the distribution routes and the outlets of the sorters.
  • the control unit controls the sorters so that the sorting conforms to the sorting plans stored in the memory.
  • the sorters can be equipped with sensors intended to identify and track the objects to be sorted, and connected to the control system, according to conventional methods.
  • the succession of process steps is shown schematically on figure 2 , with a first sorting pass carried out by two sorters after distributing objects to be sorted into two batches each intended for one of the two sorters, then selectively crossing the objects between the two sorters and sorting them by successive sorting passes.
  • the objects forming the batch L of objects to be prepared in distribution rounds are distributed over the two sorters T1 and T2, manually or automatically, for example by bulk dumping then ginning on conveyors constituting a SysE input system according to conventional methods.
  • the objects can be parcels to be delivered or postal objects such as postal envelopes to be distributed to postal addresses, in which case an unstacker and / or a first sorting machine can be used as the SysE entry system.
  • the objects distributed between the sorters undergo a first sorting pass in parallel by means of the first sorter and the second sorter, this first sorting pass taking place simultaneously on the first sorter and the second sorter for all distribution points.
  • each distribution point is assigned exclusively either to one of the first outputs S1 or to one of the second outputs S2, both for the first sorter Tl and for the second sorter T2, according to a first sorting plan.
  • nn being an integer between 00 and 99 inclusive, so that objects intended for these distribution points will be sorted and will be grouped together at these two Snn outlets at the end of the first sorting pass.
  • the groups of objects formed at the outputs of the first sorter are formed according to the same sorting criteria as the groups formed at the corresponding outputs of the second sorter, for example example by assigning the same distribution points to the same outlets of the two sorters.
  • This implementation mode can also be applied in the case where the outputs are logical destinations which then have to be allocated dynamically according to a conventional dynamic allocation principle.
  • the first groups G1 of objects are recovered at the first sorting outlets S1 of the first sorter T1 and at the first sorting outlets S1 of the second sorter T2, the outlets S00 to S49 here , and these first groups G1 of objects are brought at the input of the first sorter T1, and, in a similar manner, second groups G2 of objects are recovered at the second sorting outputs S2 of the first sorter T1 and at the second outputs S2 of the second sorter T2, the outputs S50 to S99 here, and these second groups G2 of objects are brought to the input of the second sorter T2.
  • the objects intended for the same distribution round which were separated between the two sorters T1 and T2 can be gathered on the same sorter, either the sorter T1 or the sorter T2 in our example, according to a second sorting plan which assigns distribution points exclusively to one or the other sorters for sorting passes following the first pass.
  • the distribution routes and the second sorting plan are preferably calculated so that, at the end of sorting, the objects constituting a given distribution route are all found at the outlet of only one of the two sorters, and physically separated from the objects of the other routes, for example by being placed in bins each dedicated to only one of the routes.
  • the first sorting pass results in the formation of 100 groups by the two sorters considered globally for a cumulative number of outlets of 200, 50 of these groups, recovered at the outlets S00 to S49 of the sorters, being brought to the input of the first sorter and the 50 other groups, recovered at the outputs S00 to S49 of the sorters, being brought to the input of the second sorter for the subsequent sorting passes P2 and P3, as illustrated by figure 1 .
  • successive sorting passes are carried out in parallel on the first sorter and the second sorter on the groups of objects brought to the input of these sorters, each group of objects formed at an outlet from a sorter at the end of one of these sorting passes being recovered and returned to the inlet of the same sorter to be sorted again there, until the completion of the arrangement of the objects in sequence, according to the second sorting plan mentioned above.
  • each sorter only has half of the distribution points and half of the objects to be sorted, against the totality of these points in the first pass, which doubles the separation power of each of the subsequent sorting passes with respect to the first pass and therefore increases the efficiency of each sorting pass accordingly.
  • the groups of objects G dist formed at the outputs of the sorters are recovered, optionally packaged, then dispatched to their destinations according to the distribution round to which they belong, according to methods conventional.
  • Ns is 200 as in the example of figure 1 , which is an order of magnitude commonly used in the field of postal sorting.
  • the first sorting pass and the crossing step make it possible to pre-sort all the objects on all the distribution points and to distribute pre-sorted groups of these objects so as to take them into account. load in parallel on sorters dedicated to subsets of distribution points, which increases the overall processing speed while increasing the number of distribution points that can be supported.
  • the two sorters T1 and T2 are of the same design as the single sorter T and therefore do not overall occupy a floor area which is not significantly larger than the latter.
  • the method according to the invention does not require any particular adaptation of the pre-existing sorters in order to be implemented.

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